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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (71220)	8/20/2000 8:37:45 AM
From: BigBull	Respond to of 95453

JQP, so is it official now? Is that our first NG shortage? Seems close enough to me. At the very least, seems like any early warning of things to come. About the explosion: When I lived in Jersey, in a little bedroom community between Princeton and Trenton, I looked out my back window and saw a truly extraordinary sight. A huge area of the night sky was ominously lit up to the North. Man! I thought it was WW III! But in fact, an NG pipeline went up about 35 miles north of where I lived. It sent a huge tower flames into the sky that could be seen for miles around. The gas burned for hours before they could get it out. The strangest thing was that nobody got killed, even though the pipe went up right in the middle of a condominium development. That was one of the strangest, scariest sights I've ever seen - I'll never forget it! NG ain't nothin to play with, brother! My condolences to the families of the dead.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (71220)	8/21/2000 12:56:22 AM
From: ezspkns	Respond to of 95453

JQ - thanks for the post. Worth reposting because its the future and it won't be over until B&W is the rising star of MDR - meaning that coal is back in vogue. Because if you look at electrical GENERATION, not KW power capacity but KWH energy production, you will see that any significant shifting of NG capacity down the load factor curve has huge implications due, plain and simply, to the amount of energy being discussed. Its just tough to replace a coal train. ".... SDG&E said that because of the recent high demand for electricity, the plants, particularly those in Carlsbad and Chula Vista, are consuming natural gas at levels that threaten supplies to "core customers" -- residences and businesses that also use gas. Cutbacks to the plants are needed to "ensure that those residential and business customers have a reliable gas supply." EZ